And cut I did. And quit it did. And, it only took me better than 4 hours to figure out what I cut. Turned out I had knocked the BATT wire off the distributor while trying to strip out some of the wiring. Duh...........
In the meantime, my mentor stopped by to check on progress, and made some recommendations regarding the balance of the wiring. Looks like I have many days of sorting through a dysfunctional wiring harness ahead of me. Good thing I don't have a job!
My mentor has done at least two pickups and a Suburban. He drove up in his immaculate '49 Ford. I'm pretty sure he knows what he's doing.